Practice nurses' workload, career intentions and the impact of professional isolation: A cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Practice nurses have a key role within UK general practice, especially since the 2004 GMS contract. This study aimed to describe that role, identify how professionally supported they felt and their career intentions. An additional aim was to explore whether they felt isolated and identify contributory factors.

Methods

A cross-sectional questionnaire survey in one large urban Scottish Health Board, targeted all practice nurses (n = 329). Domains included demographics, workload, training and professional support. Following univariate descriptive statistics, associations between categorical variables were tested using the chi-square test or chi-square test for trend; associations between dichotomous variables were tested using Fisher's Exact test. Variables significa

SUBMITTER: O'Donnell CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2823612 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature